anaheim-gazette 1917-08-30

KELLOGG GIVEN EXTENSION OF TIME OCTOBER 1st FIXED AS DATE FOR COMPLETION OF CANYON ROAD SUPERVISORS CHANGE ORIGINAL PLANS AND MODIFY ORIGINAL CONTRACT The board of supervisors has accepted a proposition from H. Clay Kellogg whereby he agrees to complete the wall at Sulphur Slide in the Santa Ana canyon. The work is to be done by October 1. Wednesday's conference upon the situation at Sulphur Slide resulted in an agreement from Kellogg to submit a proposal whereby he would be allowed to continue with the contract that he has held since last September. Kellogg offered to build the remaining 107 feet of wall according to revised plans submitted by Engineer Koebig of Los Angeles at $13.05 per linear foot, which was the price that he had under his original contract per foot for concrete sheeting to bedrock. The question of wing dams has not yet been settled. Wednesday afternoon's conference between the board of supervisors, H. Clay Kellogg the contractor, County Surveyor J. L. McBride, Consulting Engineer Koebig, District Attorney West, and others interested in the set- with the job upon an assurance of an early completion, since Kellogg could not be pried loose from the contract except in the legal way, which might take time. The conference closed with the agreement that Kellogg should immediately make an estimate of how much he would require in addition to his contract price to complete the job under Koebig's plans. FORESTS HELP INCREASE MEAT SUPPLY As a war emergency measure the national forest ranges are carrying this summer approximately 100,000 more cattle and 200,000 more sheep than in ordinary years, according to the grazing experts of the forest service. Ordinarily the forests furnish pasturage for about 1,800,000 cattle and horses and 7,800,000 head of sheep. The number of live stoks permitted on the forests is limited to prevent damage to timber growth, water supplies, and the range itself. This year exceptional weather conditions combined with the general food situation to creat an unusual emergency, calling for special provisions to take care of the stock. A severe winter and late spring exhausted the hay supply and forced use of the spring ranges before they had reached their normal state. To lesson the losses which the western livestock industry faced, the national forest ranges were opened early. At the same time, the number of stock permitted for the present season was raised to the maximum consistent with safeguarding future productiveness. It is fully recognized that the increases which have been made in the allowances of stock on the national forests involve danger that the range will be depleted through overgrazing, but it is believed that the grazing ex- Santa Barbara and funds become available be extended to gravel forests. "The amo stock food destroy rels is almost incro Wm. C. Jacobson, reau of Biological nia. "The externents will ordina stock carrying cap to 25 per cent. Takes on more thaance at this time supplies." Poisoning the se placing of grain strychnine near tha ways is the meth When this becomes squirrels are gas poisonous vapor poured or pumped holes. One appl sufficient. In wet danger of setting present, a match mouth of the burrow ploded. HONEY SUBSTITUTE A hive or two enough honey for Honey can be used sugar in so many is a good way to such is the sug try dwellers of Ca committee on res ply of the Calif defense. Hives c anyone who can b and hammer, say culture. Frames be easily made a for the combs car dealer in bee sup Koebig of Los Angeles at $13.05 per lineal foot, which was the price that he had under his original contract per foot for concrete sheeting to bedrock. The question of wing dams has not yet been settled. Wednesday afternoon's conference between the board of supervisors, H. Clay Kellogg the contractor, County Surveyor J. L. McBride, Consulting Engineer Koebig, District Attorney West, and others interested in the settlement of the canyon road difficulty resulted in the decision to give Kellogg until today to submit a bid for completing the work in accordance with plans outlined by Koebig. The present situation arose when McBride two weeks ago, urged the supervisors to stop Kellogg's contract and take the work over so that it could be completed before floods start. Kellogg asked that he be allowed to keep on the job under revised plans. The trouble arose because Kellogg had no concrete piles long enough to reach bedrock over the remaining portion of the 1000 feet of wall originally planned. Kellogg proposed that he be allowed to drive wooden piles to bedrock, and to fasten concrete piles to these wooden piles. This plan was rejected by Koebig as not feasible. Koebig's report was featured by two statements. He said that unless several wing dams were built to keep the flood stream away from the wall it would not stand. To complete the wall he recommended that a foundation be built of wooden piles and wooden sheeting, upon which to build a concrete wall. When Koebig passed upon the Kellogg plans in the first place about a year ago he evidently concurred with Kellogg that three wing dams would be sufficient. Now, however, Koebig wants numerous wing dams. He said these should be run up-stream, so that they would turn the stream outward after collecting sand and debris in the angle formed by the dam and the wall. This brought out a new problem. That would throw the stream across the channel and would arouse the opposition to the Bixby ranch people. The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company would have a kick. The S. A. V. I. headgate is a short way below Sulphur Hill. It has always practiced sending up a ditch close to the south river-bank in order to gather in the surface water for the summer flow. It is fully recognized that the increases which have been made in the allowances of stock on the national forests involve danger that the range will be depleted through overgrazing, but it is believed by the grazing experts of the government that the emergency increases made can be taken care of, at least this year, without material sacrifice of productive capacity. The condition of the range is, however, being carefully watched. Reliance is placed also on the special efforts being made to secure the most intensive utilization consistent with sustained productiveness, by improved methods of handling the stock. Better salting methods and the development of new watering places are among the means employed for this purpose. At the close of the grazing season a careful examination will be made of the range on each forest to determine its condition and to find out how many cattle or sheep it will support next summer. On areas which are found to be over grazed, an attempt will be made to shift the surplus stock to range which can stand the strain better. While the grazing officials do not think that the increase could be carried indefinitely without serious damage to the forage, regulated grazing has brought about a steady improvement of the range and some areas will probably be able to support the larger numbers permanently. ANALYSIS OF COUNTY FINANCES In California the county governments act as agents for road districts, school districts, etc., in the levying and collection of regular and special district taxes. The collections are accounted for as county receipts, and are then paid out to meet the purposes for which authorized. In the fiscal year 1916 the enormous sum of $19,502,826.14 was received by the 57 counties for the districts lying within them. This amounted to a little more than $7.21 per capita for the population of the entire state, excluding San Francisco. Which the western livestock industry faced, the national forest ranges were opened early. At the same time, the number of stock permitted for the present season was raised to the maximum consistent with safeguarding future productiveness. It is fully recognized that the increases which have been made in the allowances of stock on the national forests involve danger that the range will be depleted through overgrazing, but it is believed by the grazing experts of the government that the emergency increases made can be taken care of, at least this year, without material sacrifice of productive capacity. The condition of the range is, however, being carefully watched. Reliance is placed also on the special efforts being made to secure the most intensive utilization consistent with sustained productiveness, by improved methods of handling the stock. Better salting methods and the development of new watering places are among the means employed for this purpose. At the close of the grazing season a careful examination will be made of the range on each forest to determine its condition and to find out how many cattle or sheep it will support next summer. On areas which are found to be over grazed, an attempt will be made to shift the surplus stock to range which can stand the strain better. While the grazing officials do not think that the increase could be carried indefinitely without serious damage to the forage, regulated grazing has brought about a steady improvement of the range and some areas will probably be able to support the larger numbers permanently. FRUIT Important addition to the citrus pay Beach and it will handle oil large scale this The San Dimas lencia crop for me be 70 per cent of navel outlook in as low as 20 per cent J. B. Valle of known orange grapes look in the vicinity Charter Oak grow day. The lemon coming on slowly er, but it now seper cent crop. The county a county puts ther in the county at 12,838; fig trees 5,910; pear trees 46,152; and Over in the River there are a great lings, expert opers may clean up ther acreage next year because of light prospets regarding poor, and all cities are sure to bring Avery S. Hoyt Southern California State Historic Site This brought out a new problem. That would throw the stream across the channel and would arouse the opposition to the Bixby ranch people. The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company would have a kick. The S. A. V. I. headgate is a short way below Sulphur Hill. It has always practiced sending up a ditch close to the south river bank in order to gather in the surface water for the summer flow. The throwing out of wing dams would materially interfere with that practice. There are 298 feet of the original 1060-foot wall unbuilt, and a large area back of the portion built that has not been filled in. It was estimated that 107 feet more to the 702 feet already built would carry the wall by the point of the hill, and would make the work safe for this winter. Across this 107 feet is the sand hole that Kellogg did not discover in his original borings for depths to bedrock. Koebig's plan for that sand hole was to drive down two rows of wooden piles, two feet apart, staggering them, and between them to place a dove-tailed solid sheet of wood, from bed-rock to the surface. This wooden wall would have its top at the water level, and upon it the concrete wall would be built. The Board of Supervisors throughout the conference urged speed in disposing of the matter. The question of getting wooden piles was raised as a possibility for causing delay. Koebig said that piles are a scarce article and delay may be caused should his plan be carried out. Kellogg objected to giving up his contract as it now stands. "It would look like some old woman's work to leave that wall standing out there," said he. The board seemed willing to let Kellogg go ahead GROUND SQUIRRELS TO BE EXTERMINATED In line with the food conservation measures of the government, the U.S. Biological survey is waging a campaign of extermination against the ground squirrels on the National forests of California, according to the forest officers. Seven crews of squirrel poisoners, comprising about 30 men, are at work on the Sierra, California, and collection of regular and special district taxes. The collections are accounted for as county receipts, and are then paid out to meet the purposes for which authorized. In the fiscal year 1916 the enormous sum of $19,502,826.14 was received by the 57 counties for the districts lying within them. This amounted to a little more than $7.21 per capita for the population of the entire state, excluding San Francisco. The largest amount was collected for common school districts. High school districts came second and road districts third. District receipts accounted for by Orange county, and also the receipts of the 57 counties, both in amounts and percapita, are here shown. For the fifty-seven counties the following was received: Amount Percapita Road Dis. ... $1,810,300.92 $0.6810 Com. school ... 12,330,189.20 4.5628 High school ... 3,633,217.86 1.3445 Reclamation ... 1,161,503.58 0.4298 Other Dis. ... g37,614.59 0.1989 Total ... $19,502,826.14 $7.2170 For Orange county the following amounts were received: Amount Percapita Road Dis. ... $149,472.90 $2.861 Com. school ... 151,853.29 2.907 High school ... 294,744.10 5.643 Other Districts ... 56,637.60 1.122 Total ... $654,707.89 $12.535 GASOLINE FROZEN Statistics just supervision of John Geological Survey 1916 was one of the natural gas sources produced by the sorption methods... Anaheim Gazette of an could contract might closed kellogg estimate in ad com-ians. MEAT have the this more man in the graz. Or curtage horses permitted under to th, waft. This conditions situa- urgency, so take winter hay spring and their losses industry was none, the por the the max- ming fu- the in the international range razing, frying ex- Santa Barbara and Sequoia forests. As funds become available, the work will be extended to grazing areas in other forests. "The amount of grain and stock food destroyed by ground squirrels is almost incalculable," declares Wm. C. Jacobson, representing the bureau of Biological survey for California. "The extermination of these rodents will ordinarily increase the stock carrying capacity of a range 10 to 25 per cent. This work, therefore, takes on more than ordinary importance at this time of shortage in food supplies." Poisoning the squirrels through the placing of grain impregnated with strychnine near the burrows and runways is the method commonly used. When this becomes ineffective, the squirrels are gassed. An explosive poisonous vapor heavier than air is poured or pumped down the squirrel holes. One application is usually sufficient. In wet weather, or when no danger of setting the forest afire is present, a match is touched to the mouth of the burrow and the gas exploded. HONEY SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR A hive or two of bees will supply enough honey for a whole family. Honey can be used as a substitute for sugar in so many instances that there is a good way to save in grocery bills. Such is the suggestion to the country dwellers of California made by the committee on resources and food supply of the California state council of defense. Hives can easily be built by anyone who can handle a square, saw and hammer, says the college of agriculture. Frames for the combs can be easily made at home. Wax fillers for the combs can be obtained from a dealer in bee supplies at a cost of a GOVERNMENT BULLETINS A number of government bulletins giving methods and recipes for the preserving and cooking of fruits and vegetables have been received by the district forester at San Francisco, and copies will be sent free to those desiring them. Farmers' Bulletins 853 and 839, "Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables," and "Home Canning by the One Period, Cold Pack Method" give complete instructions for preserving and cooking the surplus products of orchards and war gardens. Bulletin 841, containing a complete description of the best method of drying all fruits and vegetables in the home and receipes for cooking, are said to be of great value to those living in the parts of California blessed with much sunshine. CONSCRIPTION DODGERS MAY HAVE TROUBLE False Statements Will Not Exempt a Man From Doing His Bit Men who attempt to avoid army service by false or misleading statements are likely to get into hot water. In a statement made to the press Saturday Clyde Bishop says: "I have been appointed by the government to perform certain duties," said Bishop, "and I intend to perform those duties, and no man who is too much of a coward to sign his name to a letter to me can even make his bluff look like a shadow to me. I'll see the thing through. I'd like to tell these people to their faces what I think of them, but since they haven't the nerve to sign their names, I can't do it. "I have received reliable information from persons not afraid to give sugar in so many instances that there is a good way to save in grocery bills. Such is the suggestion to the country dwellers of California made by the committee on resources and food supply of the California state council of defense. Hives can easily be built by anyone who can handle a square, saw and hammer, says the college of agriculture. Frames for the combs can be easily made at home. Wax fillers for the combs can be obtained from a dealer in bee supplies at a cost of a few cents. A nearby bee man will give or sell at a small price a swarm of bees from which a hive may be started. Care must be taken to keep the hives clean, for in unclean hives foulbrood is apt to start. The presence of this disease may necessitate the destruction of the colony. Its occurrence can always be detected through the foul odor issuing from the hives. Prevention is better than cure, and cleanliness is the best prevention. With a small amount of care and judgment, success is almost sure to come. FRUIT NOTES Important additions are being made to the citrus packing plant at Long Beach and it will soon be completed. It will handle olives and pimentos on a large scale this season. The San Dimas and Charter Oak Valencia crop for next year promises to be 70 per cent of the normal, but the navel outlook in some districts will be as low as 20 per cent. J. B. Valle of San Dimas, a well-known orange grower, says the outlook in the vicinity of San Dimas and Charter Oak grows better from day to day. The lemon bloom has been coming on slowly since the hot weather, but it now seems to promise a 50 per cent crop. The county assessor of Imperial county puts the number of date palms in the county at 20,545; apricot trees 12,838; fig trees, 6,605; olive trees, 5,910; pear trees, 8,163; grapefruit trees, 46,152; and orange trees, 6,018. Over in the Riverside district where there are a great many orange seedlings, expert opinion says ranchers may clean up the full value of their acreage next year. Prices will be high because of light production. Florida's prospects regarding its crop are very poor, and all citrus fruits next year are sure to bring big money. Avery S. Hoyt, field deputy of the Southern California district, of the State Historical Commission under FAMOUS DOG DEAD, A POISON VICTIM Attained Notoriety by Saving Child From Attack of an Eagle Years Ago "Bakdy Bruno," famous for his feat in saving 18-months-old Houston Dewey from the attack of two huge eagles on the summit of Old Baldy and perhaps the best known dog in Southern California, is dead by the ground glass route and his master, W. B. Dewey of San Bernardino, has offered $100 for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for his death. Bruno was also accorded the distinction of being the only wild dog in captivity, having been taken from a wild dog runway in a wash between Redlands and San Bernardino some 11 years ago when he a blind puppy. His rescue of the Dewey baby occurred several years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Dewey conducted a hotel on the summit of Old Baldy and his act at the time attracted widespread attention in the newspapers all over the country. An eagle had already taken the child in its great talons and was rising into the air, when Bruno with a mighty leap jumped on the bird's back and brought it to earth. Bruno never failed to prove the center of attraction for the many guests who visited the Baldy resort and he posed for hundreds of photographs. Mr. Dewey has refused countless offers to sell the dog, as high as $200 having been offered for him. Many dog experts who examined Bruno's head pronounced him the most intelligent canine they had ever seen. NEED HARVESTERS With the harvest just starting bean growers of the Southern counties of California have begun making efforts to employ the more than 1000 men necessary to cut and pile the beans. Growers of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties communicated with employment agencies in Los Angeles last week. The men employed first will be paid about $2 a day and board. Their work will be cutting and piling. In a short time the beans will be threshed. The nthere will be a demand for more skillful laborers, who will be paid from $2.50 to $5 a day and their entnment to perform certain duties," said Bishop, "and I intend to perform those duties, and no man who is too much of a coward to sign his name to a letter to me can even make his bluff look like a shadow to me. I'll see the thing through. I'd like to tell these people to their faces what I think of them, but since they haven't the nerve to sign their names, I can't do it. "I have received reliable information from persons not afraid to give their names concerning some of the affidavits that have been made, and in some of the instances I certainly am surprised. "I am informed that a man claimed exemption on the ground that he was the sole support of his wife and child. That man's wife, I am informed, has supported herself and her child for two years, without a single dollar ever contributed by her husband. Yet to save that husband from being put where he would have to do his duty, she took an affidavit saying he was her sole support. I am going to order that woman to appear at my office, and I am going to find out if what she swears to is true. "In another instance, I am informed that a man seeking exemption claimed his wife was unable to work, yet at this very time and for months past she has been at work doing the very thing that he and she swore she could not do." Under instructions that have been received by the district boards, any person found to have practiced fraud in his representations to the exemption board shall be advanced to the head of the call list. WEALTH AND DEBTS OF NATIONS Including Liberty Loan, the United States, with an estimated wealth of $225,000,000,000, has a debt of 3.5 per cent of its wealth. Great Britain has an estimated wealth of $85,000,000,000 and its present debt is 19 per cent of its wealth. France has an estimated wealth of $65,000,000,000, with a debt equal to 23 per cent of its wealth; Russia has an estimated wealth of $40,000,000,000, with a debt equal to 25 per cent of its wealth; and Germany has an estimated wealth of $80,000,000,000, with its debt about 24 per cent of its wealth. Apportioned according to population the debt of France is $160 per capita; that of Great Britain, $120; that of Germany, $96. Over in the Riverside district where there are a great many orange seedlings, expert opinion says ranchers may clean up the full value of their acreage next year. Prices will be high because of light production. Florida's prospects regarding its crop are very poor, and all citrus fruits next year are sure to bring big money. Avery S. Hoyt, field deputy of the Southern California district, of the State Horticultural Commission, under direction of the State Horticultural Commission in Florida, has left for Florida and other Southeastern states to gather data regarding the citrus canker, which it is hoped can be used to advantage in protecting the growers in California. A late canvass of the growing orange and lemon situation by Acting Manager Dezell of the California Fruit Growers' association revealed more young oranges and lemons than herefore expected. While the hot wave in June did much damage it did not altogether ruin the crop. Mr. Dezell says that next year's orange crop will reach about 20,000 cars. Having looked over some of the biggest groves in Los Angeles county, he states that fruit is not so scarce as some growers suspected. "I surmise," he says, "that some of the orchardists are looking through colored glasses. Consider the men who own groves of seedlings." GASOLINE FROM NATURAL GAS Statistics just completed under the supervision of John D. Northrop, of the geological survey, show that the year 1916 was one of marked expansion in the natural ga sgasoline industry in the United States. The quantity of raw gasoline extracted from natural gas, including that produced by the compression and absorption methods, as well as that ob- Growers of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties communicated with employment agencies in Los Angeles last week. The men employed first will be paid about $2 a day and board. Their work will be cutting and piling. In a short time the beans will be threshed. The nthere will be a demand for more skillful laborers, who will be paid from $2.50 to $5 a day and their food. There are thousands of acres of first class limas, black eyes and the regular white beans to be harvested. $1.50 Per Year Good Advertising Medium IN ANYTHING YOU COOK requiring milk you'll get much better results if you use ours. It is far richer than the ordinary article and the extreme care with which it is handled from cow to bottle will give added satisfaction in the knowledge of its absolute cleanliness. Anaheim Sanitary Dairy Anaheim Ice Company Building on Chartress Street BULLETINS Government bulletins receipes for the king of fruits and received by the San Francisco, and free to those deers' Bulletins 853 king of Fruits and home Canning by Pack Method" instructions for preserving surplus products in gardens. Bulle-complete descrip-tion of drying all in the home and are said to be of living in the parts with much sun. OGERS HAVE TROUBLE Will Not Exempt a King His Bit To avoid army ser-ending statements hot water. In a press Saturday intended by the gov-ernment certain duties," intend to per-ward no man who toward to sign his so me can even like a shadow to being through. I'd people to their faces but since they sign their names, reliable informa-not afraid to give piling up pretty fas. Anyhow, we can pay it. IMPORTED MEXICANS DEPORTED BY EMPLOYERS Agitators Stir up Beet Field Workers And They Are Sent Back Twenty two Mexicans imported from Mexico to work in the beet fields of Southern California were deported Saturday and slipped up on their plans to get free transportation here and then desert their employers and take up other work. They were employed by the Holly Sugar Co., of Huntington Beach in beet field at Compton and had been working only a week. It soon developed that they did not want to work and that they came here with a view to jumping their contract at once. The Holly company shipped them at once, paying their fare to Nogales, from which point they were deported. "They were a lazy bunch and disturbers," said Labor Superintendent O'Brien of the Holly Sugar com-pany, "and we just put them on board the cars, paid their fare back to Mexico to get rid of them. They said they didn't want to work any way and that they came here with the intention of jumping their agreement just as quick as they could. "They were not agitators—just the low class of indolent cholos. They were paid a minimum wage of $2.25 per day for nine hours. They wanted more money and an 8 hour day." Between 600 and 700 cholos have been brought into Southern California since the beet harvest started under a permit issued by the immigration department. The permit was issued for a specific work—harvesting beets. The American Sugar Company secured the larger percentage of the imported Mexicans for work in beet fields supplying the Chino and Oxnard factories. About fifty came into Orange county. Those who are now at work in this county are giving good service and are well satisfied with the wages and hours. A few of them are working on the Sam Gisler ranch near Huntington Beach. 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